Future Episode Ideas

>>29323771
Celestia slice of life episode to see what kind of shit goes on in canterlot on a daily basis.

More lore. There is so much to reveal.
Celestia and Luna origins could be a start.

>>29323771
There have been 2 episodes with the exact same trope, Rainbow does something that her friends don't like, and they plot a revenge against her. I'd love an episode subverting that idea.

Not an episode where Rainbow is the one plotting the revenge, but an episode where the revenge backfires and the moral is "talk to your friends instead of planning revenges behind their back". Before 28PL aired some anons thought that, judging by the summary, maybe that episode would play with this idea. It didn't, it was literally MMDW2, and that's why I'd fucking love an episode doing this shit right for once, to make it for those two absolutely stupid episodes.

Personally, I'd love an explanation on why Starlight Glimmer is so bullshit and OP. Preferably something that retroactively makes her move evil.

I have a theory regarding that... Should I post it?

>>29323771
A reset of the whole show so that it can be unfucked by all the previous shit episodes.

>>29323804
Prolly better than anything tbe writers will shit out about their snowflake.

>>29323816
Please stop this. The show has always been hit and miss from the start. Don't call hit and miss a buzzword because that isn't how buzzwords work. Remember the Zecora Racism episode? MLP's always had some turds mixed in with the gold. It got more consistently good in s2 and s3, s4-5 were less consistently good but they still had some good eps, and season 6 was an abomination with the rare ok episode.

Retconning season 6's dumber episodes out of existence with "Swamp gas/chaos magic/a dream-controlling villain" was screwing around would be lovely.

>>29323828

The theory is this:

Glimglands' town had... what, fourteen ponies? eighteen? twenty-something tops? She also had a cave with a wall of - mathematically speaking - at least 40-45 Cutie Marks, though taking into account the inconsistent size of ponies, it could have been more than 60. There are more Cutie Marks than ponies. So what happened to the ponies?

Remember how a lot of cultists weren't fully brainwashed, and wanted their cutie marks back. A lot of ponies in that town are likely ones with useless or very specific talents, like performing a sport they aren't the world's best at and likely never will be the best at, or baking in a world where bakers are really common and there isn't much of a future in it unless you're the only baker in town, or a "Useless" balloon cutie mark. It makes sense, cultists always did attract the weaker ones that wanted a sense of purpose and validation more than any other type of ones.

Keep in mind that whatsherface with the shitty muffins... she wanted her cutie marks back, and so did her friends. SG's first response to learning of this has always been brainwashing and shame and manipulation. And Her Town has been there for quite some time. It's plausible that many ponies over the years wanted their cutie marks back, and never got them. If they asked for their marks back, they were shamed and put in the brainwashing doublethink building. (1/2)

(2/2) Speaking of Shitty Muffinpone, remember how the Mark-less Mane Six were running/flying at the speed of an average pony's trot, not at a snail's pace? Losing her cutie mark should have made Muffinpone an average pony that couldn't do anything fancy, but should still be able to make something as simple as muffins. Unless, of course, Glimmer sabotaged the ovens in town to ensure the many former chefs could never make anything they could be proud of. When they attempted cooking, they would fail, and feel bad for trying. Eating and feeding muffins to others would make them feel bad. "Guess Cutie Marks aren't any good after all..."

Anyway, the shaming tactics and Glimmer's love of them. The pain of wanting something you're being convinced you shouldn't have... It's possible that many of the ponies living in Our Town killed themselves, leaving the Cutie Marks in the wall behind. Starlight isn't the type to let anyone know of this, or let this bother her until someone shows her what the consequences of her actions really look like in the most obvious and unquestionable way possible, so she'd hide or destroy the bodies and carry on culting. The town's high suicide rate combined with the ponies sent to other towns to gather new cult members, resulting in Starlight Glimmer getting more Cutie Marks than she knew what to do with. So she absorbed them as raw magic, boosting her natural magical power and her skills in whatever the Cutie Mark affected. This is why Glimmer is so unreasonably OP, and why the Element of Magic didn't choose her instead of Twilight as a child: As a filly, SG wasn't Twilight-tier. It took years of magic absorption to reach and surpass that level.

This is the only theory that fixes the plot holes Glimmer's existence introduces and justifies her on any level deeper than "She's OP because Jim wants her to be that way".

>>29323889
Are you serious? I mean, as an explanation for her power, it definitely could work, but you're turning an already unlikeable character into an even worse monster. Do you really want something like this to be canon? Why? Fuck, I don't like her as she is, and it doesn't make me happy to think that the mane 6 are hanging with the Glimmer we know, but just to think that they could be hanging out with a monster who drove other ponies to suicide and then fed on their dead bodies' magic, it makes me sick. It's a terrible sentiment.

Honestly, I don't give a fuck about her past nor her powers, I'd be more than happy if in season 7 Glimmer is gone and no one mentions her ever again.

>>29323963
I know it's sick, but it's the only possible explanation for her powers besides "I found and ate a magic fruit", which adds new plot holes like "How does this factor into your plot or desires or personality at all? Why didn't you give the fruit to others? If you believe in equality, why did you eat a fruit that makes you unequal? Why did your plan hinge on you happening to find these fruits nobody else has known of or spoken of until now, through pure random chance? Where are these fruits now? Did you eat every one in existence and destroy the tree, you selfish ass? Do you realize how many scientific breakthroughs a naturally-occuring magic-boosting plant could have given our species?". And that just makes her more of a Sue.

Honestly, given the choice, I'd pick "Glimmer is erased and never seen again or mentioned, Trixie either fades back into the background or becomes her own pony again rather than a prop to try and rub belovedness off on SG" over "This is why SG is so bad, not even Glimmerfags can love her any more" any day.

>>29323771
I want a Celestia episode. Not even a sunfag, but it's way overdue.

I want DT to be relevant again.

>>29324578
Diamond Tiara? As what, the generic petulant bully, or as in whatever she is now?

What kind of episodes can you make with a character like that?

She meets somepony that was like her but worse, realizes how bad she used to be, beats her in a game, wins, and swears to be better from then on and also redeems the bully?

Something ripped off from Filmore?

>>29324570
What if she's just naturally good at magic?

>>29323771
i see episode 200 being a luan and celestia slice of life episode.

>>29324809
>Luna getting ANOTHER episode
>Celestia sharing her first time in the spot light with her sister who is practically guarenteed an episode a season

Pretty sure that would make Sunfags like myself annoyed, there is plenty you can do with them together but Luna already has had several episodes dedicated to her with Celestias role as quest giver stolen by a fucking table.

Id still take it tho, but god damn i just want an episode about her, maybe Twilight or one of the mane6.

>>29324752
Already addressed that, genius. If she's naturally good at magic, the Element of Magic would have gone for her, not Twilight. As for the "But friendship" argument, Starlight had a friend, and cared about him so much she went nuclear when he left her, never stopping her childish temper tantrum or growing up from that filly age. Meanwhile, Twilight had no friends as a filly, except for her big brother. Then she went to school and eventually made friends there, then left them behind to go to ponyville and meet the other Elements. Twilight is supposed to be the most magical legendary chosen one unicorn, hence why Celestia took her in and trained her.

As canon currently stares, Starlight Glimmer is more magical than Twilight, stronger than her as an Alicorn, and cared more about friendship as a foal. So... yeah, according to this current shitstain we call Jim's contributions to the show, Starlight should have been the Element of Magic, not Twilight. Obviously. So, we can't exactly have Twilight as the Chosen One when Starlight is the Chosen One Plus One. Have you figured this out yet? Or do you just stop caring about early-season stuff when it contradicts Jim's bullshit?

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>>29324570
>Magic fruit

We One Piece now?

>>29324953
Even if we assume what you do, that the Element of Magic sought the most magical unicorn as its host (which maybe was stated at some point, I haven't rewatched the show), you still have to keep in mind that Twilight and the other Element holders have a special link with each other, so we can simply posit that the Element of Magic sought the most magical unicorn that was destined to be friends with the other Elements.

>So, we can't exactly have Twilight as the Chosen One when Starlight is the Chosen One Plus One.
Isn't it a pretty common trope in fiction that the "Chosen One" isn't synonymous with "the one best suited for the job"? It's just the person picked out by all-knowing destiny. The fact that Twilight didn't care about friendship at first ties into this; what matters is what she was destined to become.

>>29323771
Starswirl

>>29324916
nobody gives a shit how you feel, last zealot.

>>29325196
>discussion thread
>dont share your thoughts!

Not surprised this is the attitude of a general containment board.

>>29325225
We're a discussion board, not a containment board... but yeah, that is stupid. The guy kind of has a point. There should be a Celestia+Luna episode AND an ep with Celly on her own. Wouldn't be fair any other way.

>>29325088
I know "Magic fruit" is a stupid asspull, I was pointing out that the only other way to make SG's bullshit work is even more retarded.

>>29325032
Now that would be interesting.

>>29325126
You seem smarter than anyone I've ever talked to and disagreed with on this board, so I won't insult you. I'll just point out that you're on the wrong track here. I'm saying that if Twilight=ultimate magic alicorn chosen by destiny because she is magic and is friendship, Starlight>Twilight "Just because" is fucking stupid. A character isn't OP when they pass a certain power level, a character becomes OP when they pass the point where the writer can properly write stories for him/her or allow the character to be that powerful without contradicting assorted important parts of canon and rendering the others irrelevant.

>>29324953
>jims contributions to the show
Jim doesnt write the show. What dont you people understand? Glim glam isnt JIMS. She's HABERS AND VOGELS

>>29325318
I like you, and agree with most of your points, but you are fucking angry as hell.

>You seem smarter than anyone I've ever talked to and disagreed with on this board, so I won't insult you
Not him, but, if you're trying to have a civil discussion, you shouldn't be insulting anybody except blatant "what's the appeal"-type shitposters. It invites shitposting of its own and just generally sends any attempt at said civil discussion into the shitter.

Just my two bits, anon.

>>29325584
Not angry as hell, just tired of bullshit. A lack of bullshit is a refreshing change.

>>29323771
Honestly Past Sins could work well in the show. It would of course need many alterations to make it more kid friendly but it's not that bad.

>>29323771
Princess Celestia eats some questionable shellfish and falls ill. It's up to the mane 6 to shrink down and fight the illness from the inside! Meanwhile, an ancient evil that was previously imprisoned within the Princess's colon has awakened. Are the girls willing to do whatever it takes to keep it from escaping? Featuring celebrity guest voice actor Willem Defoe.

>>29323771
>As canon currently stares, Starlight Glimmer is more magical than Twilight, stronger than her as an Alicorn
Dude, I'm a Glimmerfag and I'm not even this delusional. Twilight is stronger.

>>29323771
Recurring villains throughout the season.

>>29325826
The fuck? Meant to quote; >>29324953

>>29325826
>Dude, I'm a Glimmerfag and I'm not even this delusional. Twilight is stronger.
If Twilight is stronger, why couldn't she overpower, outfight, outsmart, or outwit the psychotic self-levitating super-Sue shitting all over the timeline?

>>29323788
But Rainbow Dash having her revenge could lead to the same goal. She is so hurt she plans a rerevenge and than shit get's fucked like she accidentally removes Twillights wings forever. The others are mad at first but than Glimmershit joins and provides the outsider perspective.

>>29325952
Did you even watch the episode?

Starlight had to cast like one spell and then stay on defence.
Twilight had to cast and recast that same crazy hard spell over and over again and then repeat stalemating a defensive Starlight, while she just played the stall game and wore Twilight out. And at the end they were both out of breath, the only difference is that Twilight was using exponentially more magic.

Starlight is most likely the most powerful unicorn, and probably stronger than unicorn Twilight. She's able to cast high level spells with ease, but that's nothing Twilight can't do. Twilight is the most OP Mary Sue.

>>29325995
>But Rainbow Dash having her revenge could lead to the same goal.
No. Please. No. Dear God, no. Please, please, please, no.

>>29326045
>Dude, I'm a Glimmerfag and I'm not even this delusional
>Starlight is most likely the most powerful unicorn, and probably stronger than unicorn Twilight. She's able to cast high level spells with ease, but that's nothing Twilight can't do. Twilight is the most OP Mary Sue.

I found the problem in your logic. Did you?

>>29325806
>Jimmy Neutron

>>29324953
>>29325126
You are completely missing that she could have never become Celestia's student as Celestia couldn't have known about her. Twillights parents brought her to the school for gifted unicorns where she was discovered to be a very powerful unicorn. SG's parents might have never cared and thus she has never been discovered.

See it this way: there is a lot of good singers out there. And some become famous though they'renot nearly as good as others only because they were at the right place in the right time.

Also consider that twillight might have 'wasted' time with studying things like old tales from which she didn't really learn magic. Starlight on the other hand might have just studied magic which is also the reason she found Starswirls spell. So SG is just more specialised and not necessarily more powerful.

A talented painter that studied everything might not be as good as an untalented painter that studied only one thing in that particular field.

>>29326096
What? That Twilight always wins cause she's the main character?

>>29323771
>So SG is just more specialised and not necessarily more powerful.
to further this point, twi figure that shit out too, pretty quickly. it could have taken glimglam years. and then spammed it like 50 times like anon said >>29326045
glim is stupid strong for a unicorn but shes got nothing on twis strength, magic ability, or magic pool

>>29326193
wtf? i quoted >>29326103

I sometimes wonder if Glimfags realize their waifu is as shit as their arguments. Then I realize their main arguments typically boil down to "The points you raise in a post aren't facts, so nyeh!" and "But X is worse than Starlight so she's fine!". So... yeah, you do know Glimmer is shit. And season 6, too, that's why you accuse everyone that disagrees with you of loving the early seasons and thinking all later seasons are shit.

You know it. It shows in your talking points and attitudes. And you fight tooth and nail over it because you think that enough people give up and say "Sure, whatever, Twilight the protagonist is the Sue and not Jim's overpowered OC, also war is peace, contradiction is truth, and diversity is our strength", you'll eventually believe it yourself.

>>29326278
Chill out yo. We're not all faggots.
Read a few posts, some of us know she's not the most powerful, I even explained that above.
What the faggots need to understand is that your waifu doesn't have to be the strongest or the best, I mean look at Applefags. They got nothing going for them. You don't have to make up shit and pick and choose your arguments and "fact" just to make believe she's stronger than Mary Sue.

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>>29326278
Dashfag here so you have at least any ground to argue against me for beeing a cuntloving cuck.

While I guess your points about Glimglam arguments are somewhat right I feel like you are missing the origin of this behaviour. A true waifu is not chosen but is just there. So it is not the Glimfags' fault that they have her as a waifu. Besides certain character types of waifus attracting certain types of people Glimfags were forced into their behaviour. People will always defend what they love and they will use every argument they can find no matter how tiny or bad it is. So it is only logical that their arguments all come back to the same points like with every other waifu especially when people continously hate on SG.

I knew a kid in highschool that would continously make fun of himself just to get attention though he was already being bullied. Glimfags are just this sad kid and it's not really their fault because they didn't choose to be bullied based on their taste in waifus.

TL:DR It's not the Glimmerfags' fault because they didn't choose their waifu and were just bullied into getting this defensive.

>>29323771
I'd like to explore equestria and get some deepest lore, or introduce a new original race to shake things up a little.